Appeasement brought war, only regime change in Iran can bring peace







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In 1993, Mohammad Mohaddessin, head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), published a book entitled Islamic fundamentalism: the new global threat. Despite this early warning, the West and Iran’s neighbors, preoccupied with short-term political and economic interests, have dismissed the looming danger. They ignored repeated warnings from the NCRI about Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, missile programs and expanding terror network. Instead of addressing the main security threat, they opted for business deals with Tehran, turning a blind eye to the looming threat.

The policy of appeasing the ruling clerics has only enabled the regime to expand its terrorism worldwide and provide organized crime networks across continents with state-sponsored support. Numerous intelligence reports have emerged in recent months media channels have confirmed Iran’s widespread outsourcing of terror operations, carrying out dozens of assassination plots against civilians, intellectuals and foreign officials.

On December 14, 2003, Maryam Rajavi, the The NCRI president-elect warned that the Iranian regime’s fundamentalist and terrorist ideology posed a far greater threat than its nuclear program. But this alarm was also ignored. The regime’s ideological infiltration of the Middle East, spread through its network of proxy forces, was met with indifference by both regional and Western powers. This negligence culminated in the events of October 7, 2023, which plunged the entire region into a catastrophic war. Now tens of thousands of innocent civilians are dead and millions displaced, with the ripple effects of this conflict rippling through global economic, social and political systems.

The world briefly became aware of the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear ambitions when the NCRI exposed Tehran’s clandestine weapons program. in August 2002. But instead of taking a decisive stance, the world community continued its policy of appeasement, bringing the regime closer to achieving nuclear capabilities. Yet even now, some Western analysts argue that de-escalating tensions through diplomacy remains the best course of action to prevent a nuclear Iran.

Tehran has masterfully exploited this weak policy, turning international complacency into an opportunity. US intelligence services discovered how Iran’s allies, such as Hezbollah, became major players in drug trafficking, arms smuggling and large-scale money laundering, while at the same time helping Tehran evade international sanctions. Yet this knowledge led to little more than a rhetorical condemnation. The Obama administration in particular chose to halt investigations into these activities to pave the way for the Iran nuclear deal. Today, the proliferation of illegal weapons and the global drug trade, especially fentanyl, have become urgent international crises, especially in the United States, where all the fingers do is point at Latin American drug cartels.

The stark reality is that the only solution to these intertwined crises is regime change in Iran. If world leaders have shown even a hint of resolve against the mullahs, it is because they recognize that the regime has no real social support. However, their misinterpretation of the widespread uprisings and protests has led them to support flawed or misguided alternatives. For example, some Western-backed Persian-language media have sometimes promoted false opposition figures, sidelining the real voices of resistance within Iran. These media platforms have gone so far as to censor genuine popular resistance, effectively allowing the regime to continue its oppression at home and its destabilizing actions abroad.

Rather than representing the will of the Iranian people, these so-called opposition figures often serve only to create division and confusion. Tehran itself welcomes this distraction because it undermines the real, organized opposition in the country. This opposition – unlike the regime-sanctioned voices amplified by these foreign-funded channels – has built a network of resistance units in the cities, towns and villages of Iran. These units continue to challenge the regime from within, giving the population hope for a real path forward.

After nearly five decades of appeasement and the pursuit of failed policies, the world finds itself in this precarious situation.

The only way to prevent the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism from acquiring the deadliest weapons of mass destruction is to overthrow the Iranian regime by an organized, homegrown force. When the international community finally recognizes the magnitude of its failures over the past decades, it will know exactly where to turn for solutions.

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